POUQUEVILLE (François Charles). Voyage de la Grèce. - Lot 283

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POUQUEVILLE (François Charles). Voyage de la Grèce. - Lot 283
POUQUEVILLE (François Charles). Voyage de la Grèce. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1820-21. 5 volumes in-8, basane racinée, smooth spine decorated (period binding). ORIGINAL EDITION of the best and most complete work that had been published so far on modern Greece. The author offers geographical, archaeological, geological descriptions... and describes the customs, arts, industry, trade... of the inhabitants of the regions he visits (Macedonia, Thessaly, Peloponese...). Illustrated with 5 frontispieces including the portrait of Ali Pacha, vizier of Janina, and 5 maps of which 4 are folding. Freckles, lack of a cap, repair on 1 ff., the copy is nicely bound. (Brunet IV, 849). Provenance : Library of Charles Corbeau de Saint-Albin, historian and admirer of the Revolution. He founded the newspaper "L'Indépendant" (Armorial bookplate with the motto : Nil nisi virtute - n°3089 of the 1850 catalog).
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